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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: April 6, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-181 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.H. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Lianne Marshall <br />Assistant City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution Approving the Purchase of 35 Datalux Tracer <br />All-In-One Computer Units and 35 Modems from Feeney Wireless to Replace <br />Panasonic Laptops in the Police Department’s Vehicle Fleet, and <br />Appropriating Funds from the Information Technology Fund Balance to the <br />Information Technology 2014-15 Operating Budget <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to <br />execute the following: Purchase of 35 Datalux Tracer All-In-One Computer Units and 35 <br />Modems from Feeney Wireless. Staff also recommends City Council approval authorizing the <br />appropriation of $126,000 from the Information Technology (IT) fund balance to partially cover <br />the costs. The remaining funds have been transferred to the IT operating budget from the <br />Police Department, account 010-21-004-7410. The total cost for these purchases is <br />$225,544.80. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The San Leandro Police Department currently has Panasonic laptops in its vehicle fleet, <br />including: Patrol cars, code compliance, animal control, and lieutenant and sergeant vehicles. <br />These laptops are used to run field reporting software that is connected to the Police <br />Department’s backend information systems. <br />There are several problems with these laptops that have caused lost staff time for both the IT <br />Division and Police Department. The Datalux units would replace the Panasonic laptops and <br />are expected to fully resolve these problems. <br />Analysis <br />The Panasonic laptops are insufficient for the needs of the Police Department for these key <br />reasons: they are not standardized and IT and the Police Department staff must jointly <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/31/2015